Laws & Referees Steve Strydom passes away Steve Strydom died in Cape Town on 28 November 2005 after a great life in sport, especially in the rugby, after a brave, nine-year battle against cancer. 0
Tournaments Connacht come alive in Europe Connacht got Round Two of the European Challenge Cup with a fine win over Montpellier in France. Narbonne hit back for France with a victory in Italy - but it wasn't easy... 0
Tournaments Connacht come alive in Europe Connacht got Round Two of the European Challenge Cup with a fine win over Montpellier in France. Narbonne hit back for France with a victory in Italy - but it wasn't easy... 0
Tournaments Connacht come alive in Europe Connacht got Round Two of the European Challenge Cup with a fine win over Montpellier in France. Narbonne hit back for France with a victory in Italy - but it wasn't easy... 0
Laws & Referees Ref eyes his 3000th match Unorthodox official Glynn James reaches an astonishing rugby landmark when he takes charge of his 3,000th game in Cambridge next month. 0
Law Discussions Intrusions and the ref For the third week we have had problems with unwarranted interference by non-players with a match in progress. 0
Laws & Referees Top refs meet at Lensbury Nineteen of the top referees on the IRB international panels will meet at the Lensbury Conference Centre, London, on 2-3 November to discuss current trends in the game and to look at ways to improve refereeing in crucial areas of the game. 0
Laws & Referees André Watson's autobiography André Watson, the only man to have refereed two Rugby World Cup Finals, has written his autobiography which makes its appearance now, at a time when books by rugby people seem fashionable. 0
OPINION Amateur advisors ruining professional code They say there is no use crying over spilt milk. Yet the shadowy marketing figures lurking in the lucrative wake of Gavin Henson and Brian O'Driscoll's glittering careers - among others - appear to be encouraging their 'products' to set off a bomb in a dairy and then check in for a year's post-traumatic stress counselling. 0
Second Phase If you can't beat 'em... Inspired by the example set by some of rugby's finest players, our editor has decided to publish a warts-and-all account of life in the Planet Rugby offices. 0
Laws & Referees Henning bows out of Tests Tappe Henning, one of South Africa's first group of full-time referees, has decided to end his Test career when he referees the match between Italy and Fiji in Milan on 26 November. It will be his 21st Test. 0